This engine raised ore from the deep levels up Skip Shaft. An earlier, 1835 engine, ... Levant mine appears on Martyn's map of Cornwall of 1748, but only came together as a mine in 1820.

The scene of one of Cornwall's worst mining tragedies more than 80 years ago has been opened to the public. Thirty-one men plunged to their deaths at Levant Mine, near St Just, on 20 October, 1919.

IT is with pleasure we learn that the Cornish Engines Preservation Committee has been successful in acquiring the early winding engine at Levant Mine in Cornwall, and in leasing for a small ...

1820 - Levant Mining Company is formed. 1836 - Some 320 men, 44 women and 186 children are by this stage employed at the mine. 1857 - The man engine, a mechanism of ladders and platforms to help ...

The National Trust has been accused of being "insensitive" for charging visitors to park near the site of the Levant Mine disaster in Cornwall after the BBC's Poldark boosted the location's ...

Part of the first series of the BBC hit was filmed at Levant Mine and annual visitor numbers have soared by 50 per cent to 100,000 since it was first broadcast in 2015. ... Skip to main content. News.

This engine raised ore from the deep levels up Skip Shaft. An earlier, 1835 engine, ... Levant mine appears on Martyn's map of Cornwall of 1748, but only came together as a mine in 1820.